685 days ago
by BritBoxmaker |
13 comments »
Hello again. Lets start with a reminder of what the Inverted World pattern looks like
I don’t know if you can see from this but the pattern consists of only 3 (three) different types of piece
Labelled here as A, B and C. Both of the B’s in this picture are mirror images of each other.To complete the pattern we need 4 x A ( 2 black, 2 white), 8 x B ( 4 black, 4 white) and 4 x C ( 2 black, 2 white).You should also be able to make out from the first picture that if you ...
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826 days ago
by GaryK |
31 comments »
Here is how I made my Intersected cutting board posted here.
There seems to be a lot of interest in this board so here is a blog on how I made it.
First of all here’s what I planned on making. It’s the top one.
After I got both the circles intersected I liked how it looked with the rounded corners so I just added in the “wedge shapes”at the top and bottom and called it done.
I think that it makes it very distinctive also.
As one person guessed I ...
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924 days ago
by Chris Davis |
1 comment »
On this French Fry Friday, I’m going to feature a mirror. This was a custom mirror order that tied into the “Cars” theme. I started with my standard 6 drawer dresser painted it red for the customer, but they needed a mirror. This is the design we came up with.. It is made from two circles slightly different sizes. The outer black (tire) and the inner red (hub). I did it that way to give it some detail and to thicken the mirror frame.
It was all built by turning my router into a com...
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1189 days ago
by Gary Fixler |
5 comments »
First, some good news. The dust blowing all over last time was not indicative of poor dust collection in this machine. After closing up shop for the day, it bugged me all night, and I figured there must have been something I missed. There was. Under the belt on the back of the machine is a blast gate. D’oh. Opening that, the dust collection becomes quite good. No more dust spewing in all directions, but this thing sands very aggressively, so hard sanding does result in a little bit kick...
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1378 days ago
by Kent Shepherd |
12 comments »
Thanks for your interest in my new Spiral-End Mallet, based on the Lazy Larry Spiral Cheese Boards, by degoose. Obviously with the small size of the pieces, the band saw jig Larry uses wouldn’t work. This is how I adapted his GREAT idea for something a little different.The first step is to make the medallion that is inlayed in the end of the mallet. (Yes it is inlayed—-do you think I’m totally nuts?) If you are looking for a fast, easy project, this may not be it, but the en...
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1408 days ago
by degoose |
18 comments »
I cut a circle in Purple heart and then wanted to inlay it into a piece of Tasmanian blackwood.To gauge the circle need to to be cut I fitted the PH on the pin in the table and moved the router to just inside the outer edge. I then locked the X and Y axis.Drilled a 6 mm hole in the centre of the blackwood and fitted it on the pin in the table.
Turned on the router plunged it and rotated the blank.Then.. Pushed out the centre and inserted the PH.. fit like a glove… wonderful moment as i...
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1592 days ago
by PurpLev |
28 comments »
I ordered a 0.3 micron replacement filter from Wynn Environmental to replace my Jet DC1100 30 micron bag.
Originally I was going to make a simple review for people to benefit from my experience with the new filter I got… but since it had gotten a bit more complicated, I figured this is blog-worthy, and the ‘regular’ review will follow once I experience more the performance of the filter.
Disclaimer: I have had nothing but great experience from Wynn Environmental, from ...
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2122 days ago
by Karson |
4 comments »
Today at the Mason – Dixon Woodworking Toy workshop I was making the plastic windows for our Train bank. We usually make 105 or so of each item. and 1000 – 1200 total that are distributed at Christmas time.
Here is the toy bank.
The plastic window is inserted in a whole drilled into the sides of the bank and is held with screws. The window is the only way to take the money out of the bank.
First we cut the Plexiglas circle with the center bit removed from the hole saw. a ...
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2149 days ago
by John Nixon |
9 comments »
With the aid of my motorized router lift, I can create medium to large circles on the router table easily.
Forget that router trammel or bandsaw circle jig, with this method, you can make circles on your router table with no dust and no fuss.
This method is safer, cleaner and more accurate than many other methods. If you have a router table with a miter slot, check out this setup!
The scale is based on the pythagoream thoreom. THe hypotenuse of a right triangle is changed to alter ...
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2151 days ago
by Karson |
4 comments »
Circle Drilling Jig
I did not design this jig. I didn’t make this jig. But I’ve been using it for the last couple of weeks, and I thought that I’d post it as an ingenious drilling jig.
It was designed and made by John Nole of our Mason Dixon Woodworkers Club. He passed away about a month ago, so in memoriam I wanted to post this jig that he designed.
John was a machinist by trade and owned his own machine shop. So he was always looking for ways to make repetitive tasks easier and fas...
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